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A Plant-Based Diet for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Kidney Disease with a Focus on
Rachel Shi1, Mario Mendoza-Sanchez2, Maryam Qadir3
1University of Central Florida College of Medicine, 4000 Central Florida Boulevard, Orlando, FL 32816, USA.
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Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome is a complex disorder involving an interplay of metabolic risk factors such as obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease. Because these risk factors augment the risk for cardiovascular complications, healthy nutrition in CKM syndrome is crucial. In particular, a healthy plant-based diet is effective in improving metabolic dysfunction through weight loss, enhancing glucose and blood pressure control, and promoting a more favorable gut microbiota composition, all of which may limit disease progression and cardiovascular complications in CKM syndrome.
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